Franklin Ashley
Theatre

2004 Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Award

Franklin Ashley received his B.A. from Newberry College, and both his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. He is the Professor of Playwriting in the Department of Theatre, and is currently the Chair of the Playwrights Program for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Some of Dr. Ashley’s plays include Amber Keyhole, Midnight Ride, Smokey in Hollywood, and the award-winning The Delta Dancer. He also co-authored the musical Southern Fried with William Price Fox and Shel Silverstein. He has also written for several national magazines, including Harper’s, The New Republic, and the Paris Review. He serves as a member of the Dramatists Guild and is the Association for Theatre in Higher Education liaison to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.